Lecture 20: Next steps in computer graphics

Select your next development branch

• Rasterization
• Raytracing
• DirectX 12
• Vulkan
• Game development

Rasterization branch

1. Read Fundamentals of Computer Graphics by Peter Shirley [1]
2. Read Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 12 by Frank Luna [2]
3. Read GPU gems 1 [3]
4. Read GPU gems 2 [4]
5. Read GPU gems 3 [5]

Raytracing branch

1. Read Ray tracing in one weekend series by Peter Shirley [6]
2. Read DX12 Raytracing tutorial from https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx/raytracing/dxr/dx12-raytracing-tutorial-part-1 [7]
3. Read Ray tracing gems [8]
4. Read Ray tracing gems 2 [9]

DirectX 12 branch

1. Dive into official DirectX 12 samples: https://github.com/microsoft/DirectX-Graphics-Samples
2. Read Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 12 by Frank Luna [2]

Vulkan API + GLTF branch

1. Read Vulkan guide https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Guide
2. Dive into Vulakn samples https://github.com/khronosGroup/Vulkan-samples
3. Implement your own GLTF viewer https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/blob/master/README.md
4. Avoid Sasha Williams’s samples=)

Game development branch

• Unreal engine academy: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses
• Unity academy: https://learn.unity.com/

Creativity showcase: refactoring

const float MAX_FLOAT_COLOR_VALUE = 255.f;
const int MAX_COLOR_VALUE = 255;
const int LEAST_COLOR_VALUE = 0;

static unsigned_color from_color(const color& color)
{
    unsigned_color out{};
    out.r = std::clamp(float_to_int(MAX_FLOAT_COLOR_VALUE * color.r), LEAST_COLOR_VALUE, MAX_COLOR_VALUE);
    out.g = std::clamp(float_to_int(MAX_FLOAT_COLOR_VALUE * color.g), LEAST_COLOR_VALUE, MAX_COLOR_VALUE);
    out.b = std::clamp(float_to_int(MAX_FLOAT_COLOR_VALUE * color.b), LEAST_COLOR_VALUE, MAX_COLOR_VALUE);
    return out;
};

by Fedor Krasilnikov

Creativity showcase: models

by Danil Meshcherekov, Egor Kuziakov, Gleb Kirillov, Gleb Miroshin, Grigorii Fil, Ivan Chernakov, Vladislav Urzhumov

Creativity showcase: lighting

by Grigorii Fil, Maxim Insapov

Creativity showcase: animation and window

by Georgiy Sapronov (and an attempt by Vitaliy Alifanov)

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The official date of the exam is 22.07.2022.

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